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Last updated Oct. 12, 2008
NJ Knockouts
Boris Gulko got New Jersey off to a great start with
another dominating win. Alas it was not enough as
New Jersey had to settle for a draw. Still an improvement
on the previous match which New Jersey lost 3-1.
With the draw The Knockouts remain one point behind
Queens but find themselves in third place.

By beating Baltimore, Carolina catches New Jersey
in match points and moves ahead on tie breaks.
Boston is still in fourth but their loss drops them
1.5 points behind New Jersey.

New Jersey's next match is rather
important for both teams.

Mon., Oct. 13th at 7:15 PM ET
New Jersey Knockouts
: 2400 vs Carolina Cobras: 2386
GM Joel Benjamin (NJ): 2644 - IM Lev Milman: 2502
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2376 - NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ): 2397
NM Evan Ju (NJ): 2292 - FM Ron Simpson: 2346
NM Craig Jones: 2320 - NM Victor Shen (NJ): 2265

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31 Chapel Hill Rd, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035.

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Knockouts' Rooster:

Boris Gulko, Joel Benjamin (manager), Dean Ippolito, Aviv Friedman,
Mackenzie Molner, Evan Ju, Victor Shen and Jayson Lian,
alternates Michael Khodarkovsky (assistant manager) and Andrew Ng.

Week 1 Baltimore Kingfishers: 1.0 vs New Jersey Knockouts: 3.0

GM Sergey Erenburg 1.0 - GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 0.0
IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1.0 - IM Larry Kaufman 0.0
FM Ray Kaufman 0.0 - NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) 1.0
NM Victor Shen (NJ) 1.0 - FM Ralph Zimmer 0.0

Week 2 New Jersey Knockouts: 1.0 vs Queens Pioneers: 3.0
GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1.0 - IM Dmitry Schneider 0.0
IM Eli Vovsha 1.0 - NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) 0.0
NM Evan Ju (NJ) 0.0 - IM Alex Lendermn 1.0
Benjamin Katz 1.0 - NM Victor Shen (NJ) 0.0

Week 3 Seattle Sluggers: 2.0 vs New Jersey Knockouts: 2.0
GM Hikaru Nakamura 1.0 - GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 0.0
GM Boris Gulko (NJ) 1.0 - IM Eric Tangborn 0.0
FM John Readey 0.5 - NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) 0.5
Jayson Lian (NJ) 0.5 - NM Josh Sinanan 0.5

Week 4 New Jersey Knockouts: 3.0 vs Boston Blitz: 1.0
GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1.0 - GM Larry Christiansen 0.0
NM Denys Shmelov 0.0 - IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1.0
NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) 1.0 - NM Charles Riordan 0.0
NM Marc Esserman 1.0 - Jayson Lian (NJ) 0.0

Week 5 Philadelphia Inventors: 1.0 vs New Jersey Knockouts: 3.0
GM Sergey Kudrin 0.5 - GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 0.5
GM Boris Gulko (NJ) 1.0 - IM Bryan Smith 0.0
IM Richard Cositgan 0.5 - IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 0.5
Andrew Ng (NJ) 1.0 - NM Elvin Wilson 0.0

Week 6 New Jersey Knockouts: 2.0 vs Baltimore Kingfishers: 2.0
GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 0.0 - GM Sergey Erenburg 1.0
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 0.0 - IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1.0
NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ) 1.0 - FM Ray Kaufman 0.0
NM Aaron Kahn 1.0 - NM Victor Shen (NJ) 0.0

Week 7 Queens Pioneers: 2.0 vs New Jersey Knockouts 2.0
GM Alex Stripunsky 0.5 - GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 0.5
GM Boris Gulko 1.0 (NJ) - IM Eli Vovsha 0.0
IM Alex Lenderman 1.0- IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 0.0
Andrew Ng (NJ) 0.5 - Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 0.5

Week 8 Mon., Oct. 13th New Jersey Knockouts vs Carolina Cobras 7:15 PM ET
GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) - IM Lev Milman
FM Oleg Zaikov - NM Mackenzie Molner (NJ)
NM Evan Ju (NJ) - FM Ron Simpson
NM Craig Jones - NM Victor Shen (NJ)


Week 9 Wed., Oct. 22nd New Jersey Knockouts vs Miami Sharks 7:30 PM ET
Week 10 Wed., Oct. 29th New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts 7:30 PM ET


The Teams
Eastern Division: Queens Pioneers, New Jersey Knockouts, Carolina Cobras, Boston Blitz,
Philadelphia Inventors, Baltimore Kingfishers, New York Knights,
Western Division: San Francisco, Dallas Destiny, Seattle Sluggers, Miami Sharks,
Chicago Blaze, Arizona Scorpions, Tennessee Tempo
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